Wipey Cases

So I've been feeling pretty crafty lately. I finished my first quilt a few weeks ago and was very proud of it. I thought I would venture out to other things. I made my little one an OSU wipey case and made another wipey case in Sports fabric. For my first attempt I thought they turned out alright. I plan on making another one for a girl and plan on giving them as a shower gift along with onsies that I will personalize. Once I get the onsies done I will post pics of them too. Since I am so close to delivering within the next month my next projects are going to be nursing covers for when I breastfeed and a baby sling to keep the baby close without having to hold him. Since I'm trying to be super frugal and the good nursing pads are so expensive (disposable ones suck) I have already been making some of my own out of old receiving blankets. I found a website that tells how to do it, although the site I went by said to use a CD as a guide and they came out super big. I mean they swallowed my nipples and whole breast. I will downsize the next time I attempt it. Here is the site for the nursing pads.

http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/how-to-sew-your-own-nursing-pads/

I will post the other links once I have completed my projects.

My first finished Quilt!

So I have recently took on a project to make a baby quilt for my little man who will be here in about 2 months. It only took me less than 2 days to do (although I still have to sew the trim around) but here is a pic of what it looks like. I am so happy with the way it turned out and how it pretty much looks like what I had envisioned in my mind. Keep in mind that although I own a sewing machine I'm am still a newby to it. I probably only take it out and turn it on once every couple of years. In fact the last time I used it before this week was to try and make my daughter a quilt before she was born and she's 5 now. Needless to say her quilt never got finished because I ran out of a certain important fabric so I still have it in a bag in case I find any tan demin fabric not being worn so I can finish it one day. We did however buy her some new fabric to make her a new quilt and when I finish all the projects I have in mind I plan to start it (and finish it hopefully too) :)

I have been finding lots of instructions on how to sew your own baby sling and nursing covers which I absolutely want since I will be breastfeeding. It is a necessity that I get a "Hooter Hider" or at least attempt to make my own. I also have a few baby showers coming up and I usually make a tutu for the newborn girls or for girls birthdays to save money plus I love to get personal gifts like that and I'm sure everyone else does too.... (at least I hope they do) but my nephew is having a boy and I'm sure a tutu isn't the right gift for him so I am going to buy some plain onsies and sew a little tie to the front. I have seen them and they are so adorable. I actually found a tutorial which seems pretty easy so we'll see how it turns out. I've also always wanted a trendy decorated wipey case but could never afford it so I thought I would give that ago also since I have tons of fabric left. One for me and one for my nephews little one who will be born a month after my baby Aries.

What's been going on...

So I actually got a little sleep last night. I did however go to bed while still light outside at 8:30. I was trying to prove a theory of mine that I could sleep easier with more light. I fell right asleep but found myself waking up around 10 when it was dark and had a sudden feeling of not being tired. After that of course I went and sat in my nightly recliner. It was hard to go back to sleep but once I turned on TV I didn't have much of a problem even though I didn't watch it at all.... What's the deal. Am I nocturnal or something now? I usually have to watch TV or get online to totally exhaust me so I can go to sleep. It sure doesn't help that I'm congested at night time and feel like I can't breathe.... anyways I am just glad to finally sleep more than 2 hours total during the night.

As some may know yesterday was my last day at the University. I gave my notice several weeks ago because my daughter needed me to stay home with her again. Frankly I was ready to be a stay at home mom again. Plus we will be having our second child in a few months... Athena be 5 in 2 weeks from today. We have yet to plan a birthday party because things have been hectic and we're kind of broke. I think we've decided to buy her a nice set of kids drums though... she is very musical and has been wanting drums for months. She actually has natural time which is crazy. Are we kidding ourselves though buying her the drums she wants and we'll be regretting it later?

The both of us are about to get around and get dressed to go to a yard sale in town from a friend of mine. Baby Boy clothes here I come. Honestly I'm not too good for used clothes. I love it when friends give me outgrown clothes of their kids. I of course pick through the yard sale clothes and for the most part don't get completely stained up clothes. I do know from experience that babies get dirty no matter how hard you try to keep them clean. I have about 2 tubs of girl clothes that I need to go through for myself to sell at the yard sale. Even though they tell me it's a boy I'm still hesitant about getting rid of all girl stuff. I definitely had enough to spare some though. I always had my favorite stuff Athena wore that I will probably keep and let her use for her dolls.

Anyways so for the long update, it's been awhile. I still have more to post later about my insurance meltdown...

Leadership...

Just when I think I've got too much on my plate and I cannot do anymore, I get back into Leadership. Don't get me wrong I love to help others become successful too, thus making me successful in the process :) it is just time consuming. I'm actually excited about getting back into it though, and have been meaning to do it for awhile, just wish I had more time in the day to go prospecting for people to sign up.

Here is a little bit about what has been going on with me this week!

As some of you already know I sell AVON, and my District Sales Manager expects us to go to regular meetings. I try to attend all of the sales meetings, but there are also Monday leadership meetings at Sweet Bay, which used to be quite a bit out of my way since it was in Fort Smith and I live in Oklahoma and they only last 30 minutes to an hour but now that I work at the University I can take a later lunch and go. I may start going regularly again. Anyways while I was there AT the leadership meeting one of my good friends whom I had signed up once before left me a message saying she wanted to sign up again... I WISH MORE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SELL AVON WOULD JUST FALL INTO MY LAP LIKE THIS :) If you want to check out my Avon website go to http://www.youravon.com/wclaborn

I also sell Scentsy Wickless Candles. They are my LOVE and PASSION. My website is http://www.scentsy.com/2546 Also my new friend Danielle Porter has also decided to sell Scentsy... She signed up this weekend and I don't think she has unveiled it yet on her blog but it is wonderful. She had got some Scentsy products from me and LOVED them so much that in itself speaks for itself that she had to sign up. She posted a link to my website once and said how awesome they were... but if you want to check out her blog http://dporterphotography.blogspot.com/

If anyone is interested in signing up to sell Scentsy visit my website at http://www.scentsy.com/2546 and click start a business at the top or go to this link and make sure it says wendy claborn-certified consultant at the top https://www.scentsy.com//forms/frm_enrollment_options.aspx?

If anyone is interested in signing up to sell AVON contact me via email at luckeelady@pinncom.com I currently cannot sign people up online, I can only sign people up locally so if you live close by call or email me.

I really want to help others be successful.... Now's the time to make extra money for X-mas or earn FREE products for the Holidays....